International Court of Justice (ICJ)

A wildfire burns next to a house on the outskirts of Valmojado, Spain, July 17, 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Top UN court opens door for countries to sue each other over climate change

Although the ruling, delivered Wednesday (23 July) in The Hague, Netherlands, is advisory and non-binding, legal experts believe it will carry significant weight and could reshape international...

The Dragon Bravo Fire burns on the northern rim as seen from Grandeur Point on the southern rim of Grand Canyon, Arizona, US July 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
Environment

World Court is poised to mark the future course of climate litigation

Delegates attend a hearing at the International Court of Justice for a case brought by Sudan to the World Court demanding emergency measures against the UAE and accusing the Gulf state of violating obligations under the Genocide Convention by arming paramilitary forces, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
World+Biz

World court dismisses Sudan's genocide case against UAE over alleged Darfur interference

Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
World+Biz

US backs Israel's ban on UNRWA Gaza aid operations at World Court

A general view of a building of United Nations' top court International Court of Justice (ICJ) as the court holds public hearings in an advisory opinion case, that may become a reference point in defining countries' legal obligations to fight climate change, in The Hague, Netherlands, December 2 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Middle East

Israel's Gaza aid blockade contested in World Court hearings

Gambia Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara calls on Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka on 12 March 2025. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

Gambian FM calls on CA Yunus, discusses ICJ case against Myanmar

Yuji Iwasawa. File Photo: Collected
World+Biz

ICJ elects Judge Yuji Iwasawa as new president

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Climate Change

Landmark climate case to open at top UN court

People sit inside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the day of the trial to hear a request for emergency measures by South Africa, who asked the court to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza and to desist from what South Africa says are genocidal acts committed against Palestinians during the war with Hamas in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen/File Photo
World+Biz

Bolivia joins S Africa ICJ 'genocide' case against Israel

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Bangladesh

ICJ urged to hold India accountable for flooding in 11 districts

View of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ahead of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year accusing Israel of violating the Genocide Convention during its offensive against Palestinians in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands May 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Turkey will bid to join ICJ genocide case against Israel, source says

Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during a military ceremony at the Military School of Cadets General Jose Maria Cordova in Bogota on May 31, 2024. Photo: AFP/Raul ARBOLEDA
Middle East

Colombia to suspend coal sales to Israel over Gaza war

Former Israeli Supreme Court President, Aharon Barak, accuses Palestinian Islamist group Hamas of crimes against humanity and calls for the international community to take action during a press conference together with some of the hostage's family in Tel Aviv, Israel November 3, 2023 Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Israel's Barak quits ICJ panel, citing personal reasons